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Caught in the current of reverse migration
CUATRO MILPAS, MEXICO— In this hardscrabble farming village, an American teenager like Luis Martinez was bound to stand out. Raised on Little Caesars pizzas and Big Gulps, Luis, 13, was portly. The village kids, subsisting on bowls of chicken...
Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Mexico, Illegal Immigrants, Shingles, U.S. Border Patrol
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The sugar battle: Cereal companies cut sweets; soda industry sues
The food and beverage industry has made some major moves in recent days in the struggle over super-sweet products. Major cereal-makers Nestle and General Mills pledged to cut sugar and salt content in children's breakfast cereals abroad, while soda and...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, New York City Council, Obesity, Starbucks Corp., Sales
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Ouch: Greece's biggest company, Coca-Cola Hellenic, moves out
Maybe it was the soaring unemployment, or possibly the deep debt crisis. But as Greece struggles with its myriad troubles, its largest company, Coca-Cola Hellenic, is jumping ship to more stable ground. The company, one of the world’s largest...
Tags: London Stock Exchange, Coca-Cola, European Debt Crisis, Swiss Confederation
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Coke, Pepsi, more to post calories on soda vending machines
Now that Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc. and other sugary soda producers are planning to list health information on vending machines, calorie counts aren’t just for the likes of McDonald’s and fast food joints. In full view of consumers, the...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Coca-Cola, Weight, Obesity, Consumers
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Dodgers' fans deserve some different prizes
Oh, good, it's time for that annual ritual in which the Dodgers attempt to appease those unfortunate ticketholders who spend one inning trying to park and two innings trying to buy a hot dog. OK, so they're attempting to appease everyone, which is why...
Tags: Ned Colletti , Boston Red Sox, Zack Greinke, Hanley Ramirez, Ronald Belisario
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Object of Desire: Crispy shrimp rice noodle
Daily DishIs it fair to identify a favorite from the dim sum menu at Elite?... -
Coca-Cola, will.i.am to sell $349 recycled-bottle headphones
Will.i.am, the Black Eyed Peas member and occasional movie star, has a pretty good handle on being cool. And Coca-Cola Co. is betting he can transfer his hipness into a new line of recycled gear. The green-goods industry has been growing in recent...
Tags: Black Eyed Peas (music group), Lauren Conrad, Music Industry, Television Industry, New Products
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Coca-Cola bets $7 billion on India's changing consumers
Coca-Cola Co., the world’s largest soft-drink maker, plans to spend a total of $7 billion on India through 2020 as it attempts to take advantage of the country’s changing consumer tastes. The company will add a $3 billion investment to the $2...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Starbucks Corp., Walmart, Consumers, Muhtar Kent
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Fun summer cocktails to float your boat
Los Angeles TimesYou know summer's nearly here when your cocktail looks like a snow cone. Or a lassi. Or an ice cream float. Or a fruity soda pop that comes in a glass bottle, complete with bubbles and twist-off cap. A wave of new cocktails that hew toward the playful...Tags: French Literature, Dining and Drinking, Ice Cream, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Da Nang, Vietnam's Surf City
Three years ago, Quentin Derrick was eating clams at a beach-side restaurant in Da Nang. As he gazed east at the South China Sea, he couldn't believe what was rolling in.
Derrick has lived in Vietnam for eight years and surfed a good part of the...Tags: Francis Ford Coppola, Trips and Vacations, Services and Shopping, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Robert Duvall
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Santa Timeline: Before he was cheery and chubby
Los Angeles TimesYou may think you know Santa, but there's a lot more to the legend than a bag full of presents. What follows is a selective history of St. Nick and how he came to be known as the jolly round man in the iconic red suit. PHOTOS: A look at the evolution...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Holidays, Germany, Thomas Nast, Christmas
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Michael Jackson is back! Pepsi to use pop star to boost brand
PepsiCo Inc. desperately needs some razzle dazzle to boost its brand. Who better to help than Michael Jackson, the music icon whose career made short work of attendance and album sales records? So what if the King of Pop is no longer alive? The...
Tags: Entertainment, Marketing, Nicki Minaj, Politics, Indra K. Nooyi
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